scholars mate defense - tag

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
12.20.2009
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Yury Markushin
12.20.2009

Unlike Fool’s mate, Scholar’s mate often occurs in games of beginners. The main idea of Scholar’s mate is that “f7” square is weak since it’s being protected by the king alone. Remember, I told you that it is unwise to rely on traps in serious games? Scholar’s mate is a perfect example to show that. […]